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##&*==~^,,                                          ,,^~==*&##
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##&*==~^,,          , ,, ,,, ~~#~~ ,,, ,, ,         ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,       ,  ,~~~    ~ ~#~ ~    ~~~,  ,      ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,         , ,, ,,, ~~#~~ ,,, ,, ,          ,,^~==*&##
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##&*==~^,,  a secret roundabout: in what used to be ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,  brazil or china. fenced in, secluded by ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,  special plants growing unusually tall.  ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,    spelled in by purposeful symmetry,    ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,     roads like symbols, aligned with     ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,  ley lines. dialed in with well-rounded  ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,             gps coordinates.             ,,^~==*&##
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##&*==~^,,              ,,, ^ = ^ ,,,               ,,^~==*&##
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##&*==~^,,   a dangerous game: the roundabout is    ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,  important to some large constellation   ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,       of intents and bureaucracies.      ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^, governments and companies are creatures  ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,     in a way. yet people sneak small     ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,   between their claws, and hide in the   ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,    roadside bushes. they wait there.     ,,^~==*&##
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##&*==~^,,   vehicles approach; the game is on -    ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,    quickly the people assemble in well   ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,, practiced geometries. their bodies make  ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,  counter-spells on the asphalt. traffic  ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,   is instantly diverted, flows in sick   ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,  ways, like dogs let loose. symmetry is  ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,                   lost.                  ,,^~==*&##
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##&*==~^,, cars are ejected into the greens. ships  ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,     collide. there are many kinds of     ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,      casualties, on both sides. the      ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^,    spellmakers will not come home. it    ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,   sickens me, this physical reality of   ,,^~==*&##
###&*==~^, it, but the cause is just. i sneak back  ,^~==*&###
##&*==~^,,      over the fense, heading south.      ,,^~==*&##
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